From Community Board 1…. My comments are underlined.

Please note that this is a preliminary list. Be sure to check the agenda page on our website for any changes to agendas prior to the meeting dates.

6/2 Seaport Working Group Open House – 6:00 PM
Location: Southbridge Towers, 
90 Beekman Street, Community Room
This session is open to the public and will provide an opportunity to review and submit feedback on the guidelines compiled by the Seaport Working Group over 11 consecutive weekly meetings. Seaport/Civic Center Committee, Planning Committee and Landmarks Committee members are urged to attend.

6/3 Battery Park City Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Battery Park City Library 175 North End Avenue
1) Update and response to BPC Committee Report – Shari Hyman, President, Battery Park City Authority
2) Pending traffic and transportation issues in BPC – Update by Elisabeth Wooton, Project Manager, NYC Department of Transportation and Jennifer Leung, Project Manager, NYC Department of Transportation
3) BPC Parks Enforcement Patrol – Update by Sergeant Srisuro

6/4 Financial District Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1) Tour bus management – Update by Luis Sanchez, Lower Manhattan Commissioner, NYC Department of Transportation
2) Water Street Summer Programming – Presentation by Fred Sham, Operations Director of Planning, Downtown Alliance
3) Coenties Slip Pop-Up Greenmarket – Presentation by Cathy Chambers, Intergovernmental Relations and Special Operational Projects, Greenmarket, GrowNYC – Resolution
4) National Park Service – Presentation by Mindi Rambo, Public Affairs Specialist, NPS
5) 195 Broadway, letter requesting waiver by NYS legislature of 200 foot rule – Committee vote
6) 103 Washington Street, application for liquor license for SMG Hotel, LLC d/b/a TBD – Resolution
7) 86A West Broadway, application for wine and beer license for J R Sushi 2 Inc. – Resolution Shouldn’t this be in the Tribeca Committee? It’s between Warren and Murray.
8) 108 John Street, application for liquor license for Thai Sliders & Co. LLC – Resolution Every conceivable permutation of fast food must be available in FiDi.
9) 88 Fulton Street, application for beer license for A Spice Route Inc., d/b/a Tandoor Palace – Resolution

6/5 Planning Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1) WTC Performing Arts Center – Update by Maggie Boepple, President and Director, Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center
2) MTA Bridges and Tunnels – Update on Post-Sandy Repair/Construction Improvements by Lou Andreani, Romolo DeSantis, Marc Mende & Joyce Mulvaney, MTA
3) Lower Manhattan Multi-Purpose Levee Feasibility Study – Update by Lusheena Warner, Government & Community Relations, NYC Economic Development Corporation
4) Affordable Housing & Stabilization Guide Updates – Julien-Pierre A Schmitz, CB1 Community Planning Fellow

Seaport/Civic Center Committee and Planning Committee members are urged to attend for item #3.

6/10 Youth & Education Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1) New York Harbor School – Presentation by Murray Fisher, President of New York Harbor Foundation – Resolution
2) Deficiencies in Public School Budgets – Resolution
3) Division of classrooms inside Tweed Courthouse – Discussion and possible resolution
4) Pre-K and Kindergarten registrations – Update

6/11 Tribeca Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1) Pier 26 construction update, update on condition of Pier 40 and report on air rights transfer discussions by Noreen Doyle, Executive Vice President, Hudson River Park Trust This will be contentious.
2) JCP Sukkot Block Party street activity permit application for Duane Street between Church Street and West Broadway, Sunday, October 12, 2014, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm – Resolution
3) 113 Reade Street, application for restaurant liquor license for 113 Reade Street LLC d/b/a Cafeteria – Discussion and possible resolution This will also be contentious because Cafeteria wants walls of windows on Reade and W. Broadway.
4) 429-435 Greenwich Street a/k/a 62 Laight Street, application for alteration of liquor license for Dylan Prime – Resolution
5) 361 Greenwich Street, application for sidewalk café license for Silmor Enterprise Corp. d/b/a Tablao – Resolution
6) 396 Broadway, application for hotel restaurant liquor license for Bridgeton 396 Broadway LLC d/b/a TBD – Resolution The hotel must want another try at a rooftop license.
7) 98 Chambers Street, application for restaurant beer license for Satya Foods Inc. d/b/a A Saffron Thread Fresh Indian – Resolution
8) 59 Reade Street, application for alteration of liquor license to permit sidewalk café for 59 MACT Corp. d/b/a Maxwells – Resolution
9) The following notices have been received for renewal, upgrade, or transfer of wine and beer or liquor licenses or sidewalk cafe permits:
—369 Greenwich Street, modification of a sidewalk café license for Benvenuto Café

6/12 Landmarks Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1) 25 Broadway, application for master plan for catering hall in Great Hall – Resolution The old Cunard Building, which Cipriani is turning into an event space.
2) 87 Leonard Street, application for storefront renovation ADA entries, lowering of transoms and addition to the penthouse – Resolution It’s a good sign they’re moving forward; this is the building that neighbors have been annoyed with for being unfinished and overlit.
3) 21 West Street, application for removable flood barrier – Resolution
4) 15 Jay Street, application for sixth floor addition – Resolution The addition was mocked up a while back (and may still be).
5) 66 Leonard Street, application for approval of signage – Resolution Could the long-gestating restaurant and café planned for the old Matsugen space finally be progressing?

6/16 Landmarks Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Southbridge Towers, 90 Beekman Street, Community Room
1) Seaport Mixed Use Project, application for Tin Building, pavilions under FDR Drive and Link Building by Howard Hughes Corporation – Resolution. Seaport/Civic Center Committee and Planning Committee members are urged to attend. This will definitely be contentious.

6/17 Seaport/Civic Center Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1) Pier 17 Construction, Fulton Market Building and Seaport uplands – Update by Phillip St. Pierre, General Manager of the South Street Seaport, Howard Hughes Corporation

6/18 Executive Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1) Lower Manhattan Development Corporation – Update by David Emil, President
2) Committee reports

6/19 Quality of Life Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Charlotte’s Place, 107 Greenwich Street
1) Tour bus management at the WTC – Update by Luis Sanchez, Lower Manhattan Commissioner, NYC Department of Transportation
2) Impact of 9/11 Memorial Plaza opening on pedestrian and vehicular flow – Discussion with government agencies and community members. All CB1 members are encouraged to attend this meeting.

6/24 CB #1 Monthly Meeting – 6:00 PM
Location: Gibney Dance, 280 Broadway (enter from 53 Chambers)

All documents relating to the above agenda items are on file at the Community Board 1 office and are available for viewing by the public upon written request to man01@cb.nyc.gov. At all meetings, additional items may be raised as “New Business.”

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